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Flood Watch for Clark County — updated Aug 16, 7:53 a.m.

The National Weather Service updated a Flood Watch covering Clark County on August 16, 2026. NWS

The LanternAssembled from the record Published Aug 26, 2026

NWSFlood Watch for Clark County — updated Aug 16, 7:53 a.m.

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What the record shows

The Flood Watch will expire for portions of Indiana, including the following areas, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following areas, Adams, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Lickin… NWS

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Context

This is one of 41 records of this type (Severe) from this source in the year preceding it. NWS

The Lantern holds 75 records from this source in total, and 1347 for New Carlisle across every source. NWS

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By the numbers

Date of record: August 16, 2026 NWS
Event: Flood Watch NWS
Messagetype: Update NWS
Severity: Severe NWS
Certainty: Possible NWS
Urgency: Future NWS
Headline: Flood Watch issued August 16 at 7:53AM EDT until August 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH NWS

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How we know this:

Assembled mechanically from the source filing and The Lantern's own record database — no AI-written prose. Every figure above appears verbatim in the cited record, which is linked on this page. NWS

Sources

1Flood Watch for Clark County — updated Aug 16, 7:53 a.m.NWS Alerts — Clark County, OH · Aug 16, 2026 · the filing on this pageweather.gov

Sunday, August 16, 2026Clark County, OH · New CarlislePublic record · NWS Alerts — Clark County, OH

The source filing

Event	Flood Watch
Message type	Update
Severity	Severe
Certainty	Possible
Urgency	Future
Headline	Flood Watch issued August 16 at 7:53AM EDT until August 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH
Area desc	Wayne; Fayette; Union; Franklin; Hardin; Mercer; Auglaize; Darke; Shelby; Logan; Union; Delaware; Miami; Champaign; Clark; Madison; Franklin; Licking; Preble; Montgomery; Greene; Fayette; Pickaway; Fairfield; Butler; Warren; Clinton; Ross; Hocking; Highland; Adams; Pike; Scioto
Effective	August 16, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
Expires	August 16, 2026, 9:00 a.m.
Sender name	NWS Wilmington OH

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